Been out for a little while, and it’s nothing but horror tombing mayhem

Well, it’s been a month since my last blog entry and the lack of updates has not been from the lack of gaming. It’s been from the sheer amount of it, as well as computer problems that I am sorting out as well[...]
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Harrowing Halls: Taking Dungeon Tiles to the 3rd Dimension

Harrowing Halls by Wizards of the Coast MSRP: $11.95 Buy from Amazon.com Note: This review is based on a review copy of the tile set Harrowing Halls is a Dungeon Tiles set for Dungeons & Dragons that takes the long[...]
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How to Build an Villain Using “How to Be a Villain.” pt. 1

For the last 6 years or so I have had the book “How to Be a Villain” on my shelf; mostly as a funny display and conversation starter. For the most part it works, when some one sees it next to my “The Zo[...]
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Ritualistically Speaking: Control Weather

There are things that make a wizard a wizard. No practitioner of magic can truly call them selves a wizard until they have a mastery over nature it’s self. It’s classic wizarding 101, bend the forces of natur[...]
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Dungeon Master Tips in 140 characters or so #13

And we are back in for another DT140. I took a short summer break due to my working 14 days with no day off. So I took a bit of an internet break and now I feel much better!  So lets get right into the questions. Questi[...]
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“Plenty of room for those who wish to leap in and be completely and forever destroyed”

I was expecting to make this post some time late in August. Between now and then giving a few vague details about my plans and the speculation I had managed to glean from various sites, forums and blogs. Never did I drea[...]
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A “Small” Problem

This should be the last guest post for a while.  I’m finally getting all caught up with work and my home life. Lou M. aka Alio the Fool a friend from twitter and a contributing author over at RPGmusings.com was ki[...]
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Basic Training DMing 101: #2 the wish list

I have decided to lighten up as a DM and give out a few more magic items to my players. I enjoy the role magic weapons and armor play in 4th edition. They provide character options and power ups with out leveling. They a[...]
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Ritualistically Speaking: Banish Illusion

Enemies who are invisible or who use illusions to mask their identities can be painful adversaries when you are a player. Using illusions and trickery can be fun when you are a DM. Banish Illusion can make a wizard feel [...]
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Ritualistically Speaking: Rope Trick

I have to admit, things have slowed down on the site for a little while now, and it’s my fault. I have been getting my ass handed to me at work since the beginning of last week. Half of my co-workers have been on s[...]
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“Let’s split up, gang!”

It is said to be the bane of GM’s everywhere, the words “Let’s split up, gang!”. A GM already has to have at least five ideas in their head at once, so the idea of dividing that into two can lead [...]
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The Confused Bantha will return…

Well, despite my own doubts, we did finish the campaign. Not as polished as I would have liked it, and definitely several loose ends that need to be tied up. But, it’s done and it can be “ended” again, [...]
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What do Harry Dresden and Orcus Prince of Undeath have in common?

I own them both! That’s right after spending way to much money this month I now own both the Orcus Prince of Undeath gargantuan figure and the Dresden Files RPG. I have to say I’m happy with both. Being so ne[...]
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Dungeon Master Tips in 140 Characters or so #11

That’s right it’s time for another round of dungeon master tips and answers given by all the great people in the D&D twitter community. Question #1: Give me one good tip for first time Dungeon Masters, wh[...]
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Now, where were we?

I first must start this post with massive apologies. You have no doubt been wondering about the lack of posts over the past few weeks and the simple reason is this: work, or Darth Real Life as Star Wars fans call it. So [...]
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The devils that we know

Major apologies are due. This post is about a session three weeks ago. But what with work and someone fiddling with my Net connection I’ve had little chance to update. To tell the truth, I’m posting this from[...]
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It’s all revenant

So, in celebration of the birthday of one of the players, we had the game at her house. With food. LOTS of food. Coming out in batches to the point where we stopped the game a few times just to eat. And we had two DMs on[...]
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Looking for Dark Sun web sites

Dark Sun, the grim, post-apocalyptic fantasy setting for Dungeons & Dragons is re-launching this summer for D&D 4E. In honor of that, I'm writing my next "Summon WebScryer" column for Knights of the Dinner Table [...]
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RPG Review Roundup: Asus Tablet PC, Astral Sea, Kingmaker, Droid Scavenging

The first iPad showed up at my gaming table two weeks ago, and I have to say -- it was pretty damn cool. It's got a bright, clean screen, and while my friend didn't have a native PDF viewer on the device, I can definitel[...]
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What kind of year has it been

 Perhaps since my introduction to computers in the late 80’s I’ve been into gaming, and it hasn’t lessened since. I was into computer games before I was into anything, and that includes Star Wars which I was only [...]
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Explore Your Draconic Side with PHB Races: Dragonborn

Players Handbook Races: Dragonborn by James Wyatt Publisher: Wizards of the Coast MSRP: $9.99 Buy it from Amazon.com Note: This review is based on a review copy of the book For decades Dungeons & Dragons players ha[...]
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The best and largest solution

Well, we finally managed to come to some sort of decision with the gaming group about our large numbers. Truth be told, with around twelve people we are more of a club and less a group now. The fact is, as other people h[...]
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Have dice, will travel

Well, it’s coming up to the Easter weekend and I’m off to Sydney again. Which means less blog posts while I am away for two weeks. I am taking the minimal amount of gaming gear that I need in case I get some [...]
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It starts with a “D”

For starters, let me say this: when I anticipated doing the campaign write-up last time, I imagine that I would be in the same position this time, that of a player. As my last post illustrates, things have a way of chang[...]
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I said we’re closed!

Remember ages ago when I lamented the fact that I was down to a single player? Well, things have a way of turning out much better than we hoped they would be, and then a lot, lot worse. At least count, we have ten people[...]
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Alea iacta est

For such a group of people known for following one system or another and insist on a logical system of rules that make sense, gamers are a superstitious bunch.  For all that we argue with the GM about how something work[...]
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“Let’s drop down a hole and circumnavigate the forest”

So here it is, as promised, though part of a double dose as my computer went out the other night when posting the pre-game write-up. There are so many things that happened that I am making a list. Quick Run-Through The [...]
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The adventure between times

(This post is late because I realised just now it wasn’t posted, so you get a double-dose for the weekend.) Well, by this time tomorrow afternoon my number of sessions of D&D I would have played will have gone[...]
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The Force will be with us, always…

If you haven’t heard the news yet, allow me to be the one to break it to you. Wizards of the Coast announced earlier today that they would be not be renewing the license for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game or the [...]
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Embrace Nature with D&D 4E’s Primal Power

Primal Power: Options for Barbarians, Druids, Shamans, and Wardens ByMike Mearls, Rob Heinsoo, Logan Bonner, and Robert J. Schwalb Published by Wizards of the Coast MSRP: $29.95 Buy it from Amazon.com Note: This review i[...]
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Elemental Chaos awaits in D&D 4E’s The Plane Below

The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos by Ari Marmell, Bruce R. Cordell and Luke Johnson Published by Wizards of the Coast MSRP: $29.95 Buy it from Amazon.com Note: This review is based on a review copy of the s[...]
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Return to print with the Dragon Magazine Annual

Dragon Magazine Annual, Vol. 1 Edited by Torah Cottrill, Miranda Horner and Chris Youngs Published by Wizards of the Coast 159 pages MSRP $29.95 Buy it from Amazon.com. I’m one of those who loves the printed word. PD[...]
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Gaming and the Expanded Universe (Part 4): Into the Future

As I write this on January 7, there are two rules supplements that have yet to be published and to date Wizards have made no further announcements on any more subsequent material. I hope they do, as both of those books[...]
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D&D 4th Edition: A Player’s Perspective

In November I had the chance to do something I’ve never done before: play Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. Technically that’s not true – I’ve played D&D 4E plenty of times as a Dungeon Master, including my[...]
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D&D 4th Edition: Quilleron, Oathsworn Avenger

Quilleron is my second-ever character for D&D 4E (Field General Zhoran, a dwarven warlord, was my first) and the first I was able to run as a player. He was designed as a giant-killer for my gaming group's Revenge of[...]
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The Tome Podcast #121: Revenge of the Giants reviewed

My gaming group recently returned to D&D 4th Edition with a megashot of the Revenge of the Giants supermodule. I talk about our experiences with Wizards of the Coast's homage to the original 1st Edition Against the [...]
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Game Day: Return to D&D 4E

Giants stalk the land, threatening one of the few flickering lights of civilization. Someone needs to deal with the threat ... and it turns out that's us. My gaming group is returning to Dungeons & Dragons 4th Editi[...]
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Playing and Learning

Why is it that the best ideas are not only the simplest but are so simple and straight-forward that you tear your hair out when you realise you didn’t think of it first. I experienced this at my first D&D sessi[...]
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Did you pack your breadsticks and your green sludge?

It may be fate, it may be saying something about my personality, but somehow I usually get in the situation where I have to organise meetings for people which I consider one of the hardest tasks there is. And this, of co[...]
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Once More Unto the 4th Edition Breach

We’re heading back. A year after our last paragon-playtest of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (a one shot adventure set  continued our Planetorn campaign) we’re going to be running Revenge of the Giants, a ne[...]
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Eberron Campaign Guide at Game Cryer, The Tome

My review of Eberron Campaign Guide for D&D 4th Edition is up on GameCryer.com. If you don't have time to read, then you can listen to me pontificate as a guest on The Tome with host Jeff Greiner [...]
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And the winner is…

The ENnie awards were announced last week and I was pretty pleased to see that a game I’ve talked rather a lot about here, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplay picked up a Silver for Best Rules as well as the Gold for B[...]
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Role-playing Mechanics: The Third Way

Recently Chris Youngs at Wizards of the Coast wrote an editorial pointing out that people can role-play in D&D 4th Edition just fine without any rules actually governing said role-playing: Fourth edition doesn't in[...]
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Metamorphosis Alpha plots 4E return

A D&D 4th-edition powered version of Metamorphosis Alpha -- the first-ever SF role-playing game -- is being released by Signal Fire Studio. The original game took place aboard the generational starship Warden in the [...]
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RPG Review Digest: Monster Manual 2, Arcane Power, Thousand Suns, Cortex, Dark Heresy

Dungeons amp; Dragons 4th Edition is seeing a nice publicity bump from its second round of major book releases as PHB 2, Arcane Power, Monster Manual 2, Eberron Campaign Setting and DMG 2 all hit the stands over the next[...]
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GameCryer.com: Arcane Power

Arcane Power resurrects the illusionist, brings back summoning spells and familiars, and introduces a host of new arcane options for Dungeons amp; Dragons 4th Edition. Among these new options are new class features offer[...]
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Wizards launches DD 4E Test Drive

Thinking of trying out Dungeons amp; Dragons 4th Edition, but don't want to layout money for books? Then check out Wizards of the Coast's new Damp;D Test Drive, a free set of downloads that includes: Quicstart Rules H1 [...]
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Goodman Games Announces “Level Up” Magazine for DD 4E

Goodman Games, creator of the Dungeon Crawl Classics and Xcrawl, has announced Level Up, a new magazine dedicated to Dungeons amp; Dragons 4E: quot;Level up your 4E game! Level Up is the official 4E RPG magazine from Go[...]
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Secret Lair #18 Dungeons Dragons. Wait? What?

Dungeons amp; Dragons 4th Edition and Star Wars: Saga Edition were the big topics of conversation on my third guest appearance on The Secret Lair podcast.  Hosts Kris Johnson and Chris Miller and I spent about a half ho[...]
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